1. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Lexile Tools
Lexile Book Database
Lexile Analyzer
Lexile Calculator
Lexile Power Vocabulary
Lexile Reading Pathfinders
Lexile Book Database contains tens of thousands of English and a selection of Spanish fiction and nonfiction books with Lexile measures.
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2. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Go to
Click
educators
The slides in this section provide a tutorial for learning the process to access the Lexile Database.
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3. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Lexile Book Database
Click Lexile Book Database
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4. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Textbook Search
Click
Textbook Search
Hundreds of textbooks have already been Lexiled. The list is updated regularly. Soon all textbooks on Oregon’s adoption list will be Lexiled.
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5. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Textbook Search
Type in Keywords
Enter Lexile Range
You may enter a specific publisher
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6. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Textbook Search
Choose Sort By Lexile and Results per page
Because the focus of this workshop is using Lexile measures and Lexiled databases to differentiate instruction, for all searches the presenter and/or participants should be using the drop down menu to Sort By: Lexile.
Then press
Search
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7. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Textbook Search
Click on Title for more details
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8. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Textbook Details
Now, walk participants through the various ways to conduct a book search.
Now click on Book Search
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9. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Book Search by Title
2. Sort by Lexile and Select Results per page
1. Enter Title
3. Click Search
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10. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Search Results
Click on a title to view details
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11. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Book Details
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12. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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2. Sort by Lexile and Select Results per page
Search by Author
1. Enter Author
3. Click Search
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13. Search Results: 32 Books 590L – 960L
Oregon Department of Education
Search Results: 32 Books 590L – 960L
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14. Search by Lexile Range and Keyword
Oregon Department of Education
Search by Lexile Range and Keyword
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Enter Lexile Range:
Enter Keyword:
life cycles
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15. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Search Results
Letters in the Lexile measure?
Click here
Codes are explained on the next slide.
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16. Explanation of Lexile Codes
Oregon Department of Education
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Explanation of Lexile Codes
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17. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Advanced Book Search
Click here
With the advanced book search you may fill out as much or as little information as you would like. When searching by Lexile measures, you can enter one number to return exact matches. Inputting both minimum and maximum Lexile scores will return all books within that range.
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18. Oregon Department of Education www.ode.state.or.us
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Book Type Options
Drop down menu
You may select a book type from three options – Fiction, Non Fiction, or Textbook.
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19. Developmental Rating Options
Oregon Department of Education
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Developmental Rating Options
Drop down menu
An additional option with the advanced book search is Developmental Rating (text appropriate to students of that age). The choices are:
Not Rated
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
College/Professional
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